Meet The Georgetown Law Student Rush Limbaugh Called A 'Slut'

The contraception controversy erupted in Washington today over a
spate of inflammatory remarks from conservative talk show host
Rush Limbaugh.

Everyone from House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama to the
President of Georgetown University has been drawn into the fray.

The uproar is centered around Sandra Fluke, a third-year
Georgetown University law school student who was barred from
testifying at a recent Congressional hearing on the Obama
administration's policy requiring religiously-affiliated
institutions to provide contraception in employee health
plans.

All of this would have likely been avoided if House Republicans
had just let Fluke testify in the first place. Her absence
left the
contraception panel with no female speakers, sparking outrage
— and a major fundraising push — from Democratic women in the
House.

(House Oversight Chair Darrell Issa rejected Fluke's testimony on
the grounds that she was "unqualified," arguing that the panel
was about religion, not about women.)

In reality, Fluke would not have been a very effective witness.
As a student, she wouldn't even be affected by the Obama policy
on employer-provided health plans. Georgetown actually offers
contraception in its employee plans.

Moreover, Republicans could have easily dismissed Fluke as a
feminist activist.

According to a bio on
Georgetown's website, Fluke's professional background is in
domestic violence and human trafficking advocacy. At Georgetown
law, she is the former president of Law Students for Reproductive Justice, an
editor for the Journal of Gender and the Law, and vice president
of the Women's Legal Alliance. She has a bachelor's degree
in Feminist, Gender & Sexuality studies from Cornell.

Under normal circumstances, this resume would make Fluke an easy
target for Republicans. But Limbaugh's misogynistic vitriol
has made the 30-year-old feminist virtually untouchable, and
Democrats couldn't be happier.